Sad Cafe The OFFICIAL Website!!

Remastered CD versions of Sad Café (4^th album) and 'OLE' now available. 'Live' coming in March.

The Paul Young / Sad Café / Mike and the Mechanics 'Rarities' project is almost complete, and final mixing work is underway in a studio in Gothenburg Sweden. Tracking by Des Tong and Dave Irving now complete. Contributions now in from Ian Wilson, Vic Emerson, Ashley Mulford, and Mike Hehir. Majority of co-written by Paul Young and Alistair Gordon plus unreleased material from other band members etc. The Mechanics input should be Paul singing live versions of 'Everyday Hurts', and 'All I Need Is A Miracle' with kind permission from Mike Rutherford. We are all excited about this work as the songs are great. If a major label picks up on it then a quality product will be available with loads of potential mileage. Bring it on!!

Ian Wilson and Dave Irving have been talking to main agencies/promoters with respect to a new version of the band touring theatres in 2010 which will be the 10th anniversary of Pauls passing. It would be good to do some benefit gigs for the BHF.

A British label (Edsel) has taken up an option on the albums and they have put out 2 two CD sets. The first has the UK version of Misplaced Ideals and Fanx Tara. The second has the UK version of Facades and a couple of B-sides on 1 disc and Sad Café on the other (as pictured).

'Ole' CD has the tracks from the original album plus a studio version of “Rat Race”.

Sad Café 'Live' is now scheduled for release March 2010. Watch Amazon for news on this. It will be a double CD and will include 85 minutes of the concert with tracks restored to their original running order and a missing track added which wasn’t on the original vinyl release.

. going to be involved in this when it happens and I understand that Alistair is still working on getting Ian involved

Darren Hirst, Alistair Gordon, and Swedish studio engineer Martin Kronlund have worked like Trojans to get this stuff off the ground and they must be congratulated for their efforts with respect to current record industry climate. Fanx guys!

ghe Paul Young / Sad Café / Mike and the Mechanics rarities project ioing to be involved in this when it happens and I understand that Alistair is still working on getting Ian involved